Released on = July 31, 2007, 12:15 am

Press Release Author = Mumtaz Pachisa

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = Outsourcing is not just about manufacturing and call centers
and computer programming and financial services - today, people are actually
outsourcing their own medical care.

Press Release Body = Outsourcing is not just about manufacturing and call centers
and computer programming and financial services - today, people are actually
outsourcing their own medical care.

Everybody who experiences medical tourism raves about the low cost high quality
health care phenomenon. For Jeff Schult, it resulted in a book. In a recent
interview with Healthbase.com, a Boston-based medical tourism provider, Jeff Schult,
the author of one of the top selling books on medical tourism, Beauty From Afar,
talked about his personal dental experience in Costa Rica, his views on medical
tourism, and the changing American healthcare system among many other things.

Today, more and more Americans are taking advantage of the many benefits of medical
tourism and seeking the needed healthcare treatment without spending their life
savings. According to Jeff Schult, "I think awareness of medical tourism, though
still low, is growing rapidly. More people are going all the time. And these days,
it's getting more and more favorable treatment in the media. That people go overseas
for health care no longer shocks news reporters, as it did only a few years ago."

Comparing the quality of care overseas with that in the US, he said, "I could not
have had a better experience or result in the United States than I had in Costa
Rica. The restoration of my upper teeth was done superbly in Costa Rica at a cost of
a half to a third of what it would have cost in the U.S. The facilities were
outstanding, as were my dentists. Without medical tourism, having a great smile in
my 50s was going to be just a fantasy."

The full interview published by Healthbase.com can be found at their blog site
Medical Tourism News and Views at http://MedicalTourismNewsAndViews.blogspot.com.

About Healthbase Online Inc.:
Healthbase is a one-stop source for global medical choices, connecting patients to
leading hospitals around the world, through a secure, easy to use, information-rich
web portal. Healthbase offers over 200 procedures and helps patients seek top
quality healthcare in various categories such as bariatric, orthopedic, cardiac,
spinal, dental, cosmetic, laparoscopic, etc. Healthbase's partner hospitals are
located in India, Singapore, Thailand and Mexico, and are expanding to Costa Rica,
Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Malaysia and Turkey. To ensure that patients
receive the best care possible, Healthbase works only with hospitals that have
international accreditations like JCI, JCAHO and ISO. To learn more, call
1-888-691-4584, email info.hb @ healthbase.com or visit http://www.healthbase.com.


Contact:
Mumtaz Pachisa
Healthbase Public Relations
Healthbase Online Inc.
287 Auburn Street
Newton, MA 02466, USA
Phone: 1-888-MY1-HLTH
Phone: 1-888-691-4584 (Toll Free)
Phone: 1-617-418-3436 (International)
Fax: 1-800-986-9230
Email: media.hb @ healthbase.com
Website: http://www.healthbase.com

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Web Site = http://www.healthbase.com

Contact Details = Contact:
Mumtaz Pachisa
Healthbase Public Relations
Healthbase Online Inc.
287 Auburn Street
Newton, MA 02466, USA
Phone: 1-888-MY1-HLTH
Phone: 1-888-691-4584 (Toll Free)
Phone: 1-617-418-3436 (International)
Fax: 1-800-986-9230
Email: media.hb @ healthbase.com
Website: http://www.healthbase.com